MESSES, JAMES HOGG & SONS 



Ueg to -uinounce that they propose publishing, monthly, iu the course of 1S62 

 and the early months of the following year, 



BEGINNING ON THE FIRST OF M AY, 1862, 

 A NEW SERIES, 



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ENTITLED 



ILLUSTRATED BOOKS 



FOR YOUNG READERS. 



A Series of " BOOKS WITH A MEANING," specially adapted, to the 

 Entertainment and Instruction of the Young. Each Volume will be Sold at 

 the price of 



THREE SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE. 



The Series will comprehend the following Twelve Volumes, of which one 

 will be published with the Magazines at the beginning of each month, com- 

 mencing with 



THE FIRST OF MAY. 



The Boohs will present several Attractive Features, tvhich, it is hoped, icih 

 assist in securing for them an extensive popularity. 



I^ACH volume will be very choicely Illustrated on Wood by the leading 

 " Artists and Engravers of the day. The Illustrations printed on toned paper. 



I^ACH volume will contain 288 or 320 pages, in clear type, printed on thick 

 *-* good paper, and neatly and strongly bound. 



volume will be a complete, independent work. The whole will make 

 * J a respectable addition to the Family or Juvenile Library at a moderate 

 cost, whilst the common object involved will in no way affect the applicability 

 of separate volumes to all the ordinary requirements of presentation, &c. The 

 general title will simply serve as a useful distinctive mark in the class of lite- 

 tature to which the books belong. 



